Baiting sharks for marine tourism: Comment on Clua et al. (2010)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Jonathan McKenzie¹  Juerg M. Brunnschweiler¹ 

关键词: Shark feeding;    Behaviour;    Intraspecific aggression;    Marine tourism;    Food provisioning;   

DOI  :  10.3354/meps08877

学科分类：海洋学与技术

来源: Inter-Research

【 摘 要 】

ABSTRACT: A recent study by Clua et al. (2010; Mar Ecol Prog Ser 414:257–266) that looks at the behavioural response of sicklefin lemon sharks Negaprion acutidens to underwater feeding for ecotourism purposes has a number of methodological and semantic problems that complicate the evaluation of the results and raise questions about the conclusions. Main issues are the lack of a control, the use of non-defined terms to characterize observed behaviours, and statements not supported by data. Unwarranted conclusions include the notion that behavioural changes were caused by the human interference, the link between intraspecific aggression and the feeding process, and the loss of genetic variability as a consequence of the aggregating effect of shark feeding.

【 授权许可】

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